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Girl's nameOrigin: HebrewIn Israel: steady

VeredIn Hebrew: ורד · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: וֶרֶד

Vered (Hebrew: ורד) is a girl's name of Hebrew origin. 11,711 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 20 girls and ranked #480. Its peak year was 1969, with 392 babies.

People in Israel
11,711
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
20
rank #480
Peak year
1969
392 babies
USA
—
not in the SSA list

Writing and saying Vered

In Hebrew letters the name is ורד, read right to left. Vered is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

Meaning and origin

  • a female given name, Vered
Cognate with Arabic وَرْد (ward, “roses”). Ultimately a Middle Iranian loanword, cognate to Persian گل (gol), and more distantly Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon) and Latin rosa (English rose).

Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.

Vered by year in Israel

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Vered: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Vered

How do you write Vered in Hebrew?

Vered is written ורד in Hebrew (with vowel points: וֶרֶד). Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Vered?

11,711 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name ורד: 9,159 women and 2,552 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Vered a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 78.2% of the people named ורד are women.

What does the name Vered mean?

English Wiktionary describes it as: "a female given name, Vered" Etymology: Cognate with Arabic وَرْد (ward, “roses”). Ultimately a Middle Iranian loanword, cognate to Persian گل (gol), and more distantly Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon) and Latin rosa (English rose).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.